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NEW DELHI: Indian equities are likely to continue its bullish run this year on the back of improved corporate earnings and RBI's action on interest rates coupled with positive global trends, says an Assocham study. The market trends in 2015 will be determined by various domestic and international factors like global market movements, strengthening of US dollar, RBI's policy and visible improvement in corporate earnings of domestic firms. Also overall positive shift in global markets will also have an impact on the Indian equities market.

NEW DELHI: The E-waste market in India is expected to grow at a higher rate than in China in the next few years, said a report. According to a research report, the E-waste market in India is expected to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 26 per cent during 2015-2019, while the E-waste management services market in China is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 19.41 per cent over the period 2013-2018. As per the research report titled E-Waste Market in India 2015-2019, the need to prevent biological hazards is one of the major trends upcoming in this market.

NEW DELHI: The average annual spending of Indians on online purchases is expected to rise 67 per cent to Rs 10,000 next year, according to a study. Currently, online shoppers spend around Rs 6,000 a year on average, said the Assocham-PwC study. About 40 million consumers purchased something online this year and the number is expected to grow to 65 million by 2015 with better infrastructure in terms of logistics, broadband and internet-ready devices. The overall e-commerce industry, valued at USD 17 billion, has been growing at a compounded annual growth rate of about 35 per cent each year, the study said, adding that it is expected to cross the USD 100 billion mark in five years.

A pick-up in the local pharma market augurs well for MNCs which are still recovering from the adverse impact of drug price control on high-priced, top selling brands. After a two-year slump, the domestic market is recording higher volumes in the last six months. The resolution of the dispute between stockists and drug companies in the aftermath of the drug price control order resulted in volumes gradually picking up in the local market. For the quarter ended November, the volumes grew 4.6 per cent against a 1.6 per cent drop in the year-ago period.The top five MNCs -GSK Pharma, Abbott Healthcare , Pfizer, Sanofi and Abbott India -together command 14 per cent share in the ' . 82,000crore Indian pharma market.

MUMBAI: L'Oreal India, which sells premium shampoos and cosmetics under brands such as L'Oreal Paris, Garnier and Maybelline New York, is setting up a hair colour manufacturing plant at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh. "We are in the process of opening a second factory in the North. It will be at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh and will be only for hair colour, for which we plan a capacity of 100 million units," L'Oreal India Managing Director Jean-Christophe told media. The plant will be operational by the middle of next year and will cater to all its brands that sell cream-based hair colours, he said.

NEW DELHI: Explosive growth in cloud and number of Internet-connected devices is expected to propel the Internet of Things market globally to $ 3.04 trillion in 2020, says research firm IDC. The market, estimated to be $ 1.3 trillion in 2013, is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate ( CAGR ) of 13 per cent to reach $ 3.04 trillion in 2020. The installed and connected base of IoT units will reach approximately 30 billion by the same time. IoT is a network of devices/networks that communicate without human interaction using IP connectivity.

JAMSHEDPUR: RSB Transmissions, a global engineering institution, has signed a technical assistance agreement with Japan-based Jidosha Buhin Kogya (JBK) to manufacture and sell latest state-of-art propeller shaft for SCV/SUV/LCV segment in domestic and export markets. S K Behera , Vice Chairman & MD, inked the Technical Assistance signed the agreement with JBK, Japan recently, a RSB release said today. Following the signing the agreement, Behra, said that "this Technical Assistance venture will further boost market growth of Propeller Shaft for RSB in SCV/SUV/LCV segment pan India and overseas with use of latest state-of-art-technology from JBK. "RSB brand of propeller shafts already have a major domestic market share and this collaboration will give a technological edge to make inroads into markets, hitherto untapped, " he said.

GUWAHATI: Indian online retail market is estimated to grow over 4-fold to touch $ 14.5 billion (over Rs 88,000 crore) by 2018 on account of rapid expansion of e-commerce in the country. According to research and consultancy firm RNCOS, the online retail market is projected to grow at a compound annual rate of 40-45 per cent during 2014-18. "The Indian online retail market has been striding leaps and bounds over the past few years on account of digital revolution . The trend is expected to continue as the online retail market in India is estimated to touch the mark of $ 14.5 billion by 2018," a report by RNCOS said.

In a chat with ET Now, Manish Singh, Strategist & Head of Investments at Crossbridge Capital, shares his thoughts on the market and oil prices. Excerpts: ET Now: The European banks' stress tests results have came out. The FED meet is lined up for the week ahead. What do you make of these global cues and how would they impact India? Manish Singh: The ECB stress test was encouraging because it was better than what the market had been expecting. A lot of this information was in the press.

NEW DELHI: India should emulate global best practices to develop a vibrant corporate bond market, which can play a pivotal role in helping garner investments to the tune of Rs 64 lakh crore that are needed to develop infrastructure in FY'15-19, according to industry body CII. The industry body had recommended that India needs to focus on some key measures like broad based development of government securities market, supportive taxation structure,...